Prevalence of Atrophic Gastritis in Kazakhstan and the Accuracy of Pepsinogen Tests to Detect Gastric Mucosal Atrophy.
Linda MezmaleSergejs IsajevsInga BogdanovaInese PolakaAnna KrigereDace RudziteAiga RuduleIlze KikusteSergei ParshutinAltynbek TazhedinovDmitry MushinskiyDarkhan SametayevTatyana BelikhinaNurbek Saginbekovich IgissinovJin Young ParkRolando HerreroMarcis LejaPublished in: Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP (2019)
The prevalence of gastric mucosal atrophy was low in the Kazakh population. Serological PG test screening nevertheless can play an important role in the diagnosis of gastric precancerous lesions. However, the diagnostic accuracy of the PG test is mainly dependent on the cut-off values for positive results.